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STI to cross 3000 boosted by long-term investors
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Understanding what not to do can be just as important as figuring out what to do. The single difference between success and failure, between gain and loss, boils down to one word: KNOWLEDGE. Good luck. |
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cyjjerry85
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01-Sep-2007 23:17
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come on Singapore! UP the STI! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01-Sep-2007 20:36
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Next week could be good for the market. Quite a few good economic data coming out. Well let's see. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01-Sep-2007 15:21
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teeth53
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01-Sep-2007 13:53
Yells: "don't learn through life, learn to grow with life " |
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Promises, promises and more promises, act on it (Isit ?),hav't finish with it sub-prime loan mortgager and housing load and job losses and now, my tot tell me another week mkt jittery and jittering.  
5:48pm: Major gauges rise after Fed chief says bank will act as needed, President announces plan to help homeowners. (more)
4:14pm: The Fed chairman says the housing market could weaken further and that the Fed is following the mortgage meltdown 'closely.' (more)
4:30pm: The President offers aid to troubled mortgage borrowers through government programs and new legislation. (more)
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01-Sep-2007 13:07
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Bernanke + Bush = BBs Better be prepared for severe bear. |
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01-Sep-2007 12:43
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Bernanke Profile; Born 13/12/1953. In the early 1970.s when college for many meant antiwar protests and experimenting with recreational drugs, friends say that Ben S.Bernanke was busy at Harvard and MIT trying to figure out the monetary cause of the Grear Depression. Now 2007 he has to put this knowledge into practice. |
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newmoon
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01-Sep-2007 11:45
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Dow index. For pure chartists the downtrend line at 13250 has been pierced upwards and a reverse head and shoulder pattern can be seen. For the bears the dow is forming the right shoulder. The rules of this game of deception can be changed by the reserve currency by presidential decree.Even a casino has set rules while the game is in play. The only country that has a spectacular bull market with sky high p/e is china and hong kong-they set their own rules behind the bamboo curtain and hence p/e of 50-100 is possible For those who do not accept that this is a game of deception they should quit and sleep well. Once again I say that this is an insider game and cheating is rampant-how can you mix sub prime bonds with aaa bonds and pass it on as aaa derivative-try it in real life and you will go straight to jail and do not pass Go as in monopoly. |
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soloman
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31-Aug-2007 23:18
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Sorry fellas - No rate cut for now |
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singaporegal
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31-Aug-2007 22:50
Yells: "Female TA nut" |
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Good day today but volumes still not too good. We're not out of the woods yet. I'm waiting for the day when volumes are consistently above 2 billion shares. |
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31-Aug-2007 18:29
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Bush and Ben combined will try to put Humty Dumpty together again. Hopefully Humpty Dumpty will again sit on rhe wall . Anything is possible in the virtual world. STI and DOW charts are at critical level-high noon tonight. |
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31-Aug-2007 17:22
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sorry for the lengthy posting........ Bush Moves to Aid Homeowners By DEBORAH SOLOMON August 31, 2007; Page A4 WASHINGTON -- President Bush, looking for ways to respond to the subprime-mortgage crisis, will outline a series of policy changes and recommendations today to help borrowers avoid default, senior administration officials said. Among the moves will be an administrative change to allow the Federal Housing Administration, which insures mortgages for low- and middle-income borrowers, to guarantee loans for delinquent borrowers. The change is intended to help borrowers who are at least 90 days behind in payments but still living in their homes avoid foreclosure; the guarantees help homeowners by allowing them to refinance at more favorable rates. Mr. Bush also will ask Congress to suspend, for a limited period, an Internal Revenue Service provision that penalizes borrowers who refinance the terms of their mortgage to reduce the size of the loan or who lose their homes to foreclosure. And he will announce an initiative, to be led jointly by the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development departments, to identify people who are in danger of defaulting over the next two years and work with lenders, insurers and others to develop more favorable loan products for those borrowers. The moves are the first visible steps the Bush administration has taken to help stem the fallout from the subprime crisis, which has roiled financial markets and threatened to contaminate the housing sector. Defaults and foreclosures are increasing as borrowers -- many of whom got interest-only or no-money-down loans -- begin having trouble making their mortgage payments as higher rates kick in. Many homeowners believed they could refinance their loans, but that has become much harder as lenders tighten their standards in the face of defaults and foreclosures. With more than two million loans expected to adjust to higher rates over the next two years, possibly triggering many more defaults, the Bush administration is looking for ways to stem the damage. "The president wants to see as many homeowners who can stay in their homes with a little help be able to stay in their homes," a senior administration official said. "We're not looking for an industry bailout or a Wall Street bailout. The focus here is on the homeowner." Mr. Bush is instructing Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to look into the subprime problem, figure out what happened and determine whether any regulatory or policy changes are needed to prevent a recurrence. For now, the administration's primary vehicle to help homeowners will be the FHA, which doesn't originate loans but helps riskier borrowers qualify by guaranteeing their loans against default. By allowing the agency to back loans for delinquent borrowers, the FHA estimates it can help an additional 80,000 homeowners qualify for refinancing in 2008, bringing its total of refinancing guarantees to about 240,000, senior administration officials said. Mr. Bush also plans to announce that the FHA will begin charging "risk-based" premiums, a move that will enable the agency to help riskier borrowers since they can charge those individuals higher insurance rates. Right now, FHA premiums are a flat 1.5% of the loan, and the change would give the FHA flexibility to charge some borrowers as much as 2.2%. Still, the move will help only a small portion of homeowners -- and few in high-cost states such as California or New York -- because the FHA faces constraints on the size of the loans it can back and strict rules that borrowers must meet. The Bush administration has been pushing Congress to enact overhauls that would eliminate the required 3% down payment and raise the size of the loans the FHA can insure to as much as $417,000 from $362,790. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) said recently that FHA reform will be among his priorities when Congress returns from its August recess, and a bill is expected to head to the full House this fall. In another move, Mr. Paulson and HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson have instructed their staffs to begin working with mortgage lenders and others to identify borrowers who are in danger of defaulting. They also are trying to work with private lenders and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop loans for borrowers who will likely face default if they can't get more flexible terms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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newmoon
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31-Aug-2007 13:01
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Stock chart.com point and figure chart. Dow target 14100 S&P target 1660 |
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newmoon
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31-Aug-2007 12:08
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Asian wall street is ambiguous as to what bernanke will do tonight--cut discount rate or cut fed funds rate. It will be political suicide if he does nothing as he will lose his job as the recession could lead to a depression. The bias of the market is up today as short sellers will be afraid to sell before the announcement is out.nothwithstanding the "bin Laden' put of 1 billion dollars |
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31-Aug-2007 04:04
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Lehman Brothers (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research)
slashed earnings estimates on four top Wall Street banks, adding its
voice to the chorus of widely followed research analysts warning credit
turmoil would cut into bank profits.
Adding to negative sentiment Merrill Lynch cut its recommendation on Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) stock to "sell." "People are wary of the financials," said Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management Corp. in Chicago. "I do think that people continue to focus on the big question, 'How widespread are these credit problems?' And then you have high-profile analysts reminding the market that there are probably bad earnings from the financials coming in the back half of the year because of write-downs." |
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31-Aug-2007 03:58
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Thornburg Mortgage Inc (TMA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it raised $500 million by selling convertible preferred stock, a move that will boost funding and allow it to resume making new loans after getting hit by a credit squeeze. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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31-Aug-2007 02:58
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve is not rushing to cut benchmark interest rates because it wants to break investors of the view that the central bank is there to bail them out, an article in the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday. Fed watcher Greg Ip, without quoting specific sources, said Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was keen to draw a distinction between keeping financial markets ticking over and ensuring a sound economy. The article said there was a perception, while Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Fed, that the Fed would react to problems of financial stability by cutting rates but that Bernanke was keen to break the automatic assumption that market convulsions lead to interest rate cuts. |
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teeth53
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30-Aug-2007 23:32
Yells: "don't learn through life, learn to grow with life " |
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All eyes on FED as asia stocks make a cautious rebound except STI....goes on profit taking..
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soloman
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30-Aug-2007 22:28
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yesterday 240 pt drop today only drop 40 pts tomorrow dull day for STI Dow closed on Mon |
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teeth53
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30-Aug-2007 21:48
Yells: "don't learn through life, learn to grow with life " |
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Today closed....Straits Times Index Last:3321.15 Vol:0k  -13.51
ALAMAK !!!.  Tomorro......Jia lat liao......Friday sa-more on profit taking, sell into strength......at least for today..
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